Leadership Team
Ghana Medical City Development Project
Demonstrating Africa's Capacity for World-Class Development
Ghana has always been a leader. The first African nation to gain independence, the first to demonstrate stable democracy, the beacon that showed the continent's potential. Now Ghana has the opportunity to lead again—by creating the first fully integrated smart city that combines American educational standards with African innovation, built by Ghanaian hands using Ghanaian materials.
What Makes This Different: Unlike imported development that feels foreign, this 953-acre smart city integrates Ghanaian cultural traditions with world-class infrastructure. Unlike projects that depend on outside expertise, this creates thousands of local jobs through on-site manufacturing and brick construction. Unlike developments that drain resources, this builds a self-sustaining economic engine featuring university education, medical tourism, sports excellence, and research innovation that generates wealth for generations.
Medical & Academic Leadership
Founding physicians and educational leaders driving the vision for integrated healthcare and higher education in Ghana's Eastern Region
Dr. Donavan Outten is an academic architect specializing in American-style university development. He provides the institutional backbone for projects serving 5,000–6,000 students.
Dr. Outten has built and managed full academic portfolios including associate, bachelor's, and master's programs in business, psychology, agriculture, mining, technology, and applied sciences. He currently has a roster of approximately seventy faculty prepared to deploy internationally.
Development & Implementation Team
Experienced professionals delivering complex institutional projects
Mohammed Fawzi Aminu Amadu is the principal of Dar Al Istithmaar, an Islamic finance consulting and advisory firm based in Ghana's Greater Accra Region. His background includes management information systems work at United Arab Emirates University and business development roles facilitating investment between Ghana, Turkey, and Gulf states.
Amadu has collaborated with the Bank of Ghana and Ministry of Finance on Islamic banking framework development, receiving letters of credence from both institutions. His work on Ghana-Turkey bilateral relations includes published commentary on investment facilitation and proposals for jointly-managed industrial development along the Trans-West African Highway. He maintains relationships with Turkish construction firms operating in Ghana.
Elaine G. McKenzie is the Chief Executive Officer of TMB Global News Network, the media, education, and cultural-development organization that serves as the parent institution for The Michigan Banner and the Michigan Banner Global Foundation. McKenzie oversees a portfolio that includes digital media operations, nonprofit programming, international cultural initiatives, and the African Diaspora Institute (ADI).
McKenzie introduced the Ghana opportunity and maintains relationships essential to project advancement. TMB Global contributes international marketing, media, and IT capabilities.
Jey Smith is an entrepreneur with a background spanning telecommunications, international trade, and renewable energy. He is founder and CEO of Universal Brothers Export Import LLC, CPS Consulting LLC, and Green Energy Technology LLC. At Verizon Business/MCI, he managed multimillion-dollar account portfolios serving Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon.
Smith's community development work includes workforce training programs, affordable housing partnerships with local governments and housing authorities, and stakeholder engagement for complex development projects. His military service provided a foundation in logistics, operations, and leadership that shapes his approach to project execution.
Michael Hoffman is a U.S. real estate developer, inventor, and affordable-housing strategist. As the founder and CEO of North Star Group, Inc., he leads initiatives that combine modular construction, structural insulated panel (SIP) technology, and disciplined financial modeling.
His patent portfolio includes 11 U.S. patents in industrial heating, magnetic insulation, fluid-management systems, tank-farm engineering, and welding technology. North Star Group developed the Four Keys framework, phasing strategy, and cap rate compression model for institutional development projects.
Roland F. Day, II, AIA, NOMA is an architect and campus-planning specialist with extensive experience developing large-scale higher-education environments, STEM/STEAM academic facilities, and integrated mixed-use districts. His work focuses on the early-stage program definition, spatial organization, and long-range physical planning needed to translate institutional vision into an implementable Master Plan.
Day's experience with complex, multidisciplinary projects makes him well suited to guide the framework for institutional developments that function not only as campuses but as community anchors.
Sovereign AEC is a Detroit-based architecture, engineering, and construction management practice with experience delivering cost-sensitive and technically complex institutional projects.
Sovereign AEC contributes early-stage construction cost analysis, benchmarking, and feasibility modeling. Their construction-cost assessments establish defensible baselines for international development projects.
Timothy V. Hall's background spans federal, institutional, and faith-based construction, including HUD housing upgrades, U.S. Army Reserve facility improvements, GSA building work, and VA Hospital modernization.
Tim Hall has served in roles requiring precise cost estimating, contractor oversight, and schedule management. He is a certified Construction Quality Control (CQC) Manager and a certified Safety Officer, ensuring that all field work aligns with federal construction requirements, ICC standards, and the complex documentation demands associated with public-sector facilities.